Peking University Health Science Center
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Peking University Health Science Campus is a top medical school in China attached to Peking University.
[edit] History
It was founded on October 26, 1912 as the first medical school to teach Western medicine. In 1923 it adopted the name Beijing Medical University.
In 1927 it was combined with Jingshi Daxuetang (Peking University) and was renamed Peking University Medical School.
In 1952 it split from the university and was named Beijing Medical College. In 1985 it was renamed Beijing Medical University. In 1996 it was part of "211 Project" universities that received extra government funding.
It merged again with Peking University in 2000 and is now named Peking University Health Science Campus. It is located at what is now known as Xueyuan Road, in the Haidian District of Beijing.
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